Visual Studio has always allowed to select the language of the environment in the Options window, Environment > International Settings section:
But, how do you get a new international language installed? The answer depends on the Visual Studio version:
- Until version Visual Studio 2010, you had to install the full version of Visual Studio or the Visual Studio Shell (integrated mode) in a different language.
- Visual Studio 2012 introduced the concept of language packs, that you needed to download separately and install:
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 Language Pack
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 Language Pack
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 Language Pack
- Visual Studio 2017 makes even easier to install language packs, because they are provided in the Language packs tab of the Visual Studio 2017 installer:
Finally, there is a way to programmatically launch Visual Studio in the desired language:
devenv.exe /LCID <LocaleID>
where <LocaleID> can be 1033 for English, 3082 for Spanish, etc.
I do not have the “International Settings” option itself. And I’m pretty sure it is because the VS2008 is in pure German. The only way to install an English Language Pack to this is via an update. However, when I try to update, it says “No updates found”. I’m lost !